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Your wedding is bound to be killer, and it’s an important day. Not important as in, "the best day ever"—your wedding is simply the door to hundreds of more “best day evers” in your future. It’s all about the intimate moments share with the people who mean everything to you. It’s the day your friends and family spend all day celebrating + doting on you, and of course crying with you as you join your life with the person you love. And I want to record those memories in print.

I LIVE to search for those moments that define who you are together and who you are with your people. Dad unexpectedly letting the tears fall as he hands you off at the end of the aisle. Grandma's hands touching yours right after the ceremony. The familiar feeling of his thumb caressing your hand during speeches. And mom crying a lot:) We will make stunning portraits of the two of you for your walls, but your entire gallery will bring you back to relive your day--not just how it looked, but how it actually felt.

Based in Detroit Michigan.

Michele Maloney Photography
https://michelemaloney.com/
313-657-0365

  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
Digital Files

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

2nd Shooter
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
Albums
Digital Files

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Contemporary
Natural
Photojournalism
Traditional

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter
Wedding Portraits

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Prints
Save the Date

Reviews of Michele Maloney Photography

Reid
Reid Sent on 12/13/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Wedding Photographer

Michele was amazing to work with and we truly couldn’t have asked for a better wedding photographer. She was professional but also so easygoing, which made us feel comfortable and relaxed all day. She captured so many genuine, candid moments along with beautiful portraits, and every photo feels like a true reflection of our day. We are absolutely thrilled with how the photos turned out and would recommend her to anyone in Michigan.
Krysta
Krysta Sent on 06/03/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Michele is the BEST!

It's hard to put into words how amazing Michele is. I am so glad a friend recommended her to me for my engagement/wedding photos. Michele is so caring, kind hearted, and fun to be around. She really made me feel like a movie star. She is so great to work with and my husband and I felt comfortable and confident in her. Our wedding photos are AMAZING. I literally cried looking at them. She captured our day perfectly. Additionally, she made the day feel so smooth and easy. She gives the best advice - for photos, for timeline, for venues and locations, the list goes on. The team of ladies she works with, Maria and Rachel are also great. The three of them made our day. Our bridal party and family members were complimenting them constantly. Finally, I really love her style. Her photos are timeless and beautiful. I know that as the years pass we will look back at the moments she captured and be so happy. I could not recommend her enough.
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Joshua Sent on 06/20/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Professional, Fun, and Amazing work!

My wife and I couldn't have been more excited when we received our wedding day photos! To set the mood we poured a little wine, lit some candles, snuggled up on the couch and enjoyed the day all over again. The photos Michele took were absolutely stunning and exceeded all of our expectations. She managed to capture every moment, emotion, and detail flawlessly. Her professionalism and warm demeanor made our entire wedding day a complete joy. We can't thank her enough for accommodating our requests and going the extra mile to capture the shots that both my wife and I wanted. We can't wait to share all of them with all of our families and friends! Thank you again Michele for being a part of our beautiful wedding and for capturing the moments that we will have forever. We are sincerely grateful for your hard work and dedication. We will happily recommend Michele to anyone and everyone!
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Megan Sent on 12/05/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Phenomenal, Start to Finish.

Michele was wonderful to work with from start to finish. Even though we were planning our wedding from out of state, Michele made coordinating easy and was so flexible and helpful when COVID derailed our plans multiple times. She was so reassuring and even helped us find a new church when our day shifted from a 300 person wedding in Metro Detroit to just our parents and siblings on Mackinac Island/northern MI. She answered every question (and there were a LOT) with such care and consideration, and was on board for all of my unconventional ideas. All of my family members raved about Michele (and her husband, who acted as a wonderful assistant) who fit right in with our small, 20 person group. By the end of the weekend she felt less like a photographer and more like a friend. On top of all that, her work is beautiful. I mean STUNNING. We are so happy with how our photos turned out. The compliments we get on our photos are endless. She went above and beyond to edit the photos, taking into consideration our personal preferences. While shooting individual photos of the myself and the groom before our reception, Michele let each of us snap a few photos of the other person along side her which was so fun and something both my husband and I loved! Michele is fantastic. We can't recommend her enough.
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Bethany Sent on 08/23/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding, Engagement, Senior Photos...

Michele is an amazing photographer who I would highly recommend to anyone looking for someone to capture their special event. Michele has photographed me for my sweet sixteen, graduation, engagement, engagement photos, and wedding. She has also done many other events for my family. Michele and Maria are so personable. They go out of their way to make you feel comfortable and relaxed, even if you are out of your element! These two take amazing photos. They are so creative. All you have to do is give them your vision and they can run with it. Or if you dont know what you want, they have SO much knowledge.Their work is absolutely stunning. From the portraits, to the candid shots, they are beyond what I expected. Michele Maloney Photography will always be my choice when there is a special event!
Gabby
Gabby Sent on 08/05/2022
5 out of 5 rating

She is amazing!

Michele was the best person we could have picked to capture our wedding. We unfortunately were one of the Covid couples but Michele made the whole process of trying to plan a wedding through a pandemic as calming as possible. She was great with all of our families and really captured the love during our engagement and wedding photos. There really isn't a day that goes by where I do not look at my pictures. I am obsessed- from our posed pictures, candids and detail shots. I am so happy and so impressed that I let everyone know that they need to look into her services for their wedding. I will never be able to thank her enough for the images she captured for us.
Candice
Candice Sent on 07/31/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Michele is absolutely amazing!

My husband and I absolutely LOVED working with Michele! She is an absolutely wonderful and delightful person to be around.

Our first photo shoot with Michele was our engagement photos. My husband, Travis, and I, really wanted photos that embraced our personalities and interests. Michele worked with us to get the perfect, magical, outdoor vibes we were looking for. She even humored us by taking photos with some of our favorite snacks that we lugged around: a cheese and charcuterie board, and ice cream. Michele made us feel so comfortable in the front of the camera. What’s more, the engagement shoot felt like a fun date, rather than a photo shoot.

With such an amazing first experience for our engagement photos, Travis and I knew that were in great hands for our wedding day. Michele was so communicative and helpful leading up to our wedding day. She helped me identify the photos I wanted to take, with whom, where, and other details that I didn’t even know I needed to figure out. She provided feedback for our overall schedule of the day, ensuring we would get the time we needed for the photos we wanted.

Michele and her team are INCREDIBLE!! Both my husband and I come from big families, and our wedding day had a lot of moving parts (2 houses, 3 zeffas, different locations for the ceremony and receptions…etc). Michele captured it all! We have so many gorgeous photos that people are constantly gushing over. As I’ve been making photo gifts for people, I can’t even decide which photos to print, because I love so many of them.

Michele is an incredibly talented and passionate photographer who produces breathtaking and timeless photographs. You will love working with her!
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Cathy Sent on 04/07/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Favorite photographer by far!

Michele and Maria were absolutely fantastic! The communication was amazing and it was so nice as our plans kind of shifted our photographers were so helpful. They were excellent in asking if we wanted anything through the day and make sure we got all of our requested shots covered. They both are just lovely and we would highly recommend to book them!
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Katlyn Sent on 03/04/2021
5 out of 5 rating

An amazingly sweet friend

Michele is an absolute 10/10 in skill and personality!! She has been so incredibly sweet to me and my family. She has gone above and beyond with our engagement photos and our wedding photos! When I asked Michele if she would be OK with a sudden change in our wedding plans, she was so flexible and excited to accommodate us and get some amazing shots. She is so amazing at making people feel comfortable in front of the camera, which helped us get even better shots! I can honestly say that Michele really wants to understand you and get to know you as a person, and even better yet, as a friend! I can’t imagine our wedding day with her.

I would 100% recommend her to anyone, and 100% use her again for any professional photos that we need in the future! Thank you so much Michele for being so kind to us! We loved having you as part of our wedding celebration :)
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Erin Sent on 07/10/2020
5 out of 5 rating

The single BEST wedding decision.

We have now been with Michele for over 2 years. She is the single best wedding decision we have made. Everything we wanted, she was. She was so responsive, flexible, and she made us even more excited than we already were for our big day. I had talked to a few photographers before I came across Michele's work on Instagram. It was clear from the second I started talking to her that Michele was so experienced, knew exactly what she was talking about, was so professional, and was just such a joy to talk to. Michele is just an awesome person to be around. She is ALWAYS smiling, she is so kind, and she is so loving. We call her our wedding angel, and every single person at our intimate wedding remarked at how wonderful of a person she was and how she fit right into our family. What a blessing she has been!

And her work is just PERFECT. Our engagement pictures were everything we could every ask for. She captured exactly what we envisioned our wedding photography to be. She just has an eye for detail and natural light that my husband, a photographer by hobby, and I are just obsessed with. Then COVID-19 hit, and everything we had planned for 2.5 years for our wedding blew up just 60 days before our big day. Michele - bless everything about this woman - consoled us and worked to amend our plans. She was so flexible with us. We were really concerned about a second/third/fourth wave of COVID cases, so we wanted to seal the deal ASAP. Michele was so wonderful. She did everything to ensure she could be at both our small ceremony and our bigger reception later in the fall. She didn't bat an eye every time the stay-at-home orders were extended, and we needed to postpone. She truly cared that we have the best start to our marriage. Our Wedding 1.0 pictures turned out perfectly. I never imagined I could be so in love with the memories someone else captured - I WAS WRONG. We really feel like Michele is the reason we were able to salvage our wedding and make it absolutely perfect. We could not recommend Michele any more. She has become family to us. In fact, we have already recommended her to 5 of our newly engaged friends and almost all have taken our word! She is incredible. The best part? We get to do it all again in October - government and corona allowing.
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Awards

15
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

2 Endorsements
Stephanie Stearnes Artistry Stephanie Stearnes Artistry Wedding Hair & Makeup

Michele is amazing. She takes beautiful and stunning pictures while also paying attention to every detail. She is able to capture every amazing moment , even the ones you didn't know were amazing. Michele is organized,calm,and collected so your day will go smooth. Everytime I get to work on a wedding she is photographing I am so excited. She is so friendly and amazing to work with.

The Italian American Banquet Center of Livonia The Italian American Banquet Center of Livonia Banquet Halls

Michele has the eye for photography! Her work is beautiful! Her photos make you feel like you were there.

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Michele Maloney Photography frequently asked questions

Michele Maloney Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • Digital Files
Michele Maloney Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • Albums
  • Digital Files
Michele Maloney Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Contemporary
  • Natural
  • Photojournalism
  • Traditional
Michele Maloney Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
  • Wedding Portraits
Michele Maloney Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Prints
  • Save the Date
Michele Maloney Photography is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.
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